- Per Frandsen
Per Frandsen (born February 6, 1970) is a Danish former professional football (soccer) player, who won the 1995 Danish Cup with F.C. Copenhagen, and played 265 league games as a midfielder for Bolton Wanderers in England. Frandsen played 23 matches for the Denmark national football team between 1990 and 2003, and he represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1998 FIFA World Cup tournaments.
- Guy Lacombe
Guy Lacombe (born June 12, 1955 in Villefranche-de-Rouergue) is a French former professional football (soccer) player, and the former manager of the French football club Paris Saint-Germain in the Ligue 1 championship, as he was replaced by Paul Le Guen in January 2007. Lacombe was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Lacombe has also had spells as manager with Rennes and Sochaux.
- Jean Baratte
Jean Baratte (born 7 June, 1923 - died 1 July, 1986) was a French football striker and manager. He is a historic player of Lille OSC and the twelth goalscorer in Ligue 1.
- Antoine Sibierski
Antoine Sibierski (born August 5, 1974 in Lille) is a French football player who currently plays for Wigan Athletic. He began his career at hometown club Lille, where he moved up the ranks and played for four complete seasons in the first team before playing for Auxerre and Nantes, where he won the French Cup in 2000. He then joined Lens, and he became club captain within his three years in the side.
- Pascal Cygan
Pascal Cygan (born April 29, 1974 in Lens) is a French football player, currently playing for Villarreal. His favoured position is central defender.Won villarreal's player of the year award for 2006/07 season.
- Boro Primorac
Boro Primorac (born December 5, 1954 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian former football player and currently the first team coach at Arsenal. As a player, Primorac was an accomplished international centre half who captained Yugoslavia in the early 1980s. Now a respected coach, Primorac works as right hand man to Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger. He worked with the Frenchman at Grampus Eight in Japan before joining him at Highbury in March 1997.
- Mathieu Bodmer
Mathieu Bodmer is a French Norman footballer who currently plays for Olympique Lyonnais as a central midfielder.
- Edwin Murati
Edvin Murati (born in Tirana, November 12, 1975) is an Albanian footballer who currently plays in Greece. He has played also in France, Germany, and for Albanian team.
- Pascal Nouma
Pascal Nouma is a French footballer. He is particularly famous for his eccentric behaviour both on and off the pitch. He started his career in the Paris Saint-Germain youth team before moving around other teams in France. He played for Lille and Caen before moving back to PSG for two seasons in 1994. In 1996 he left for Strasbourg, spending two seasons there before he moving to Lens. After two seasons at Lens, he left for the Turkish club Beşiktaş, …
- Tony Sylva
Tony Mario Sylva (b. May 17, 1975 in Guediawaye, Senegal) is a Senegalese football international goalkeeper currently playing for Lille OSC in French Ligue 1. Sylva has also been on the books at AC Ajaccio and AS Monaco. He is greatly admired by his women followers, The T-Club. He is remembered for leading his country through the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where they managed to get all the way to the Quarter-finals, losing to Turkey by a Golden Goal.
- Marius Baciu
Marius Baciu, is a Romanian football player, currently playing for U Cluj in Romania's Liga I. Baciu started his career playing as a youth for Gaz Metan Mediaş, before joining the squad of FC Inter Sibiu as a professional player in 1992. One year later he is loaned to his former team Gaz Metan Mediaş, rejoining FC Inter Sibiu in 1994. In 1996 FC Inter Sibiu is relegated from Liga I, but Baciu, now 21, …
- Mathieu Debuchy
Mathieu Debuchy is a professional footballer born on July 25, 1985 in Fretin. A midfielder, he currently plays for the French club Lille OSC, his original club. He is 21 years of age, and he and his wife Julie, are just announcing Julie's pregnancy. He has the number 2 shirt for his team LOSC.
- Youssef Sofiane
Youssef Sofiane (born July 8, 1984 in Villefranche-sur-Saône) is a French football player of Algerian origin who is currently unattached, having been released by Sportfreunde Siegen of the German Regionalliga, where he had been since 2006. Prior to his move to Germany, he played with La Louviere in the Jupiler League and Coventry City on a non-contract basis. His first team was Auxerre, for whom he played as a trainee until June 2002, …
- Faysal el Idrissi
Mustapha Faysal El Idrissi, (born November 16 1977), is a half-Morrocan, half-French football player who plays on the left and right of midfield. He was signed by Coventry City at the start of the 2006/2007 season, but he played only a few matches before he was released as a free agent. He also had a trial at Bristol City, but was not offered a contract
- Jean Makoun
Jean II Makoun is a Cameroonian football player who plays for Lille OSC as a midfielder. He was part of the Cameroonian 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished top of their group in the first round of competition, before failing to secure qualification for the semi-finals. In April 2006, it was revealed that Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was considering a £5 million bid for the Cameroonian.
- Kevin Mirallas
Kevin Mirallas (born October 5, 1987 in Liège) is a Belgian football striker. He played for his home town side Standard Liège at youth level, and has played for Lille OSC since the opening of the 2004-05 season. Mirallas participated in the UEFA Cup in his first season at the club.
- Daniel Gygax
Daniel Gygax is a Swiss football midfielder who currently, as of February 2007, plays for FC Metz on loan from Lille OSC. He currently has 20 caps for the Swiss national team, and has been called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He also participated at the 2004 European Football Championship.
- David Coulibaly
David Coulibaly (born 21 January, 1978 in Roubaix, France) is a Malian football player. He currently plays for Grenoble.
- Johnny Ecker
Johnny Ecker is a French football defender currently playing for French Championnat National side Nîmes Olympique. His previous clubs include OSC Lille, Olympique Marseille and Guingamp.
- Bruno Cheyrou
Bruno Cheyrou (born May 5, 1978 in Suresnes, France) is a professional football player for Rennes of the Ligue 1.
- Benoît Cheyrou
Benoît Cheyrou is a footballer from France who currently plays as midfielder for Olympique de Marseille in the French Ligue 1. He signed for l'OM from AJ Auxerre on the 21st of June 2007, and was represented along with new recruits Gael Givet and Laurent Bonnart. His capture was announced the day before. He caught the eye of sporting director Jose Anigo during the 2006/07 season. He played a pivotal role in the AJA team, he was also the team captain that season.
- Mikkel Beck
Mikkel Venge Beck (born May 12, 1973) is a Danish former football (soccer) player, who played for a number of clubs, most famously for Middlesbrough FC and Derby County in the English Premier League. He scored 3 goals in 19 games for the Danish national team, and represented Denmark at the international Euro 1996 and Euro 2000 tournaments.
- Kennet Andersson
Kennet Andersson is a former Swedish football (soccer) player, a key member of the Swedish national team that finished third in the 1994 World Cup. He is 193 cm (6'3) and 92kg (200lbs). On the club level, Andersson played for Tunafors (1985), Eskilstuna (1985-88), Göteborg (1988-91), Mechelen (1991-92), Norrköping (1993), Lille (1993-94), Caen (1994-95), Bari (1995-96), Bologna (1996-99 and 1999-2000), Lazio (1999), and Fenerbahçe (2000-02).
- Mile Sterjovski
Mile Sterjovski (born on May 27, 1979 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian football (soccer) midfielder of Ethnic Macedonian origin, who currently plays for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League and the Australian national team. He was a member of the Australian national team at the under 20 1999 World Youth Cup finals in Nigeria and also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
- Stanislav Karasi
Stanislav Karasi (born 8 November, 1946 in Belgrad, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian striker who played at FIFA World Cup 1974 for SFR Yugoslavia.
- Sacha Opinel
Sacha Opinel (born 9 April 1977 in Bourg-Saint-Maurice) is a French football midfielder who currently plays for Ebbsfleet. his uncle is eric cantona, who used to play for manchester united, leeds united and france in the 1990s
- Souleymane Youla
Souleymane Youla is a Guinean football player. During the season 05/06 he was contracted to Turkish club Beşiktaş J.K., but sent on loan to FC Metz in France. He has just signed with French giants Lille OSC. He has previously played for R.S.C. Anderlecht, K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen and Gençlerbirliği SK. He was part of the Guinean 2004 African Nations Cup team who finished second in their group in the first round of competition.
- Efstathios Tavlaridis
Efstathios Tavlaridis, sometimes known as Stathis Tavlaridis, is a Greek footballer. He currently plays for AS Saint-Étienne in the centre of defence. He started his career at Iraklis FC and in 2001 was transferred to Arsenal for a fee of $3,000,000 at the age of 21. He never fully broke into the first team, unable to displace Sol Campbell and Kolo Touré, and spent a period on loan to Portsmouth.
- Amara Simba
Amara Simba (born 23rd December 1961), Dakar, Senegal is a retired French football player. During his career he played for Paris SG, AS Cannes, AS Monaco, SM Caen and Lille OSC in France, Club Leon in Mexico and Leyton Orient, Kingstonian, Kettering Town, Barnet, St. Albans City and Billericay in England. He was also selected to play for the French national team on three occasions by then manager Michel Platini in which he scored one goal, …
- Matt Moussilou
Matt Moussilou is a former France under-21 international footballer. He currently plays as a striker for AS Saint-Étienne, having joined the team from OGC Nice. In 2006 he was called up to represent the national team of the Republic of the Congo by their new coach Noel Tosi. Since Moussilou had represented France at under-21 level, however, FIFA ruled against this as he should have applied for the change in his national status before December 31, 2005.
- Abdelkrim Merry Krimau
Abdelkrim Merry Krimau (born 13 January, 1955 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan former professional football (soccer) player. He spent his entire professional career in France, reaching the 1978 UEFA Cup Final, with SC Bastia.He was also part of the Moroccan squad at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
- Bernard Lama
Bernard Lama is a former French footballer born in the Indre-et-Loire "département" but originating from French Guiana who played as a goalkeeper, spending a number of years in goal for Lille and Paris Saint-Germain. He also played for Brest, Lens, Metz and West Ham. His debut with the France national team was on February 17, 1993 against Israel in a 4-0 victory, and he would go on to win 44 caps for his nation.
- Frank Farina
Frank Farina (born September 5 1964 in Darwin, Northern Territory) was a player with, and later coach of, the Australia national football (soccer) team, the "Socceroos" and a member of the Football Federation Australia - Football Hall of Fame.
- Philippe Brunel
Philippe Brunel is a French football midfielder, currently playing for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.
- Benoit Angbwa
Benoît Christian Angbwa Ossoemeyang is a Cameroonian football defender who, as of 2006 was playing for FC Krylya Sovetov Samara. He was a member of the Cameroonian 2006 African Nations Cup team, who exited in the quarter-finals.
- Albert Gemmrich
Albert Gemmrich (born February 13, 1955 in Haguenau, Bas-Rhin) is a retired football striker from France, who obtained 5 caps (two goals) for the French national team.
- François Brisson
François Brisson is a former football striker from France, who obtained two international caps (no goals) for the French national team during the 1980s. He was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
- Stéphane Dumont
Stéphane Dumont is a French footballer. He is a midfielder who has played with Lille OSC since 2003. Dumont is currently Lille's first-team captain. Born in Seclin, he came to the forefront thanks to the departure of Benoît Cheyrou. Having signed his first contract during the 2002/03 season, he enjoyed a good start to the season before a broken ankle led to a season of merely training and little else.
- Matthieu Delpierre
Matthieu Delpierre (born February 4, 1981 in Nancy, France) is a French professional football player. Delpierre plays as a centre back previously for Lille OSC and currently for VfB Stuttgart. He has represented France at the U-18, U-20 and under-21 levels, making appearances during the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
- Slavoljub Muslin
Slavoljub Muslin (born June 15, 1953 in Belgrade, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football manager and a former player. He began his head coaching career in 1988 and has since had stints in France, Morocco, Serbia-Montenegro, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belgium and Russia. Prior to that, Muslin was a notable football player. He played as a defender for Red Star Belgrade and later Lille OSC.